Word: audiologist
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...figure. But that's what researchers at Colorado University and Children's Hospital in Boston found in a small study of 30 young iPod users. Led by Cory Portnuff, an audiologist at Colorado who began studying iPod-related hearing loss in 2006, the study found that teens not only tend to play music louder than adults, but they are often unaware of how loud they're playing it. "I honestly don't believe that most people understand they are putting themselves at risk, or at what level of risk," says Portnuff. (See pictures of a diverse group of American teens...
...using their headphones inappropriately may have pretty whopping hearing losses and will have to spend the rest of their lives dealing with the fact that they cannot hear at proper levels,” said the study’s main author Brian J. Fligor, an audiologist at the Children’s Hospital Boston and an instructor in otology and laryngology...
...Brigham Young University study found that standardized test scores for fourth- and fifth-graders rose from 10% to 15% in every subject at a Utah public school the year after amplification began, though no other changes were made. Proponents like University of Akron audiologist Carol Flexer says the technology's greatest bang for the buck may come during early childhood when reading skills and phonics are introduced. "Without the even distribution of sound in the room from these systems, it can be hard for children to hear the difference between watch or wash or wasp," says Flexer. Her small...
...hearing impairment by age 50. Even farms are not exempt: according to the New York Center for Agricultural Medicine and Health, a staggering 75% of farmers now exhibit some hearing impairment, mostly as a result of noisy equipment. "Hearing loss is one of the most common workplace conditions," says audiologist Ted Madison, president of the National Hearing Conservation Association...
Even after a hearing aid is selected, programmed and fitted, a good audiologist will urge patients to return for adjustment and counseling. "Fitting hearing aids is a process, not an event. They're not like a pair of shoes or glasses, where you put them on and walk out," says audiology professor Rezen. "You have to go back and give the audiologist feedback so that they can adjust them. And hearing aids take learning; they take getting used...